Hantavirus LIVE: American passengers from cruise reach specialized facilities in Nebraska; 2 being treated at Emory
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Category: Science
Yawning is contagious — even in the womb
Rather than catching a yawn on sight, muscles squeezing the uterus could be the trigger for a fetus to catch a yawn from its mother.
‘Insect apocalypse’ is already fueling malnutrition in some regions, first-of-its-kind study reveals
In a first, researchers quantify how pollinator declines contribute to food insecurity.
NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir poses with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit during an official portrait session at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
How Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets
Mathematicians spend most of their time thinking about what’s knowable. But the unknowable can be just as compelling. Perhaps the most famous example comes from
Astronomers may have found a record-breaking pair of black holes
At some 60 billion times the mass of the sun, this dark void could be home to a pair of black holes that are due
Some South American rodent-borne viruses may spread as climate warms
Some rodents in South America carry arenaviruses and hantaviruses. Climate change may bring both to regions where neither is currently a threat.
New ‘trick’ fixes major flaw in neutral-atom quantum computers — inching us closer to a superpowerful system
A new “geometry‑based” quantum swap gate makes neutral‑atom computers far less sensitive to laser noise — bringing large‑scale, stable quantum processors a step closer to
A 2025 Alaskan tsunami was one of the largest on record, new research finds
A tsunami that rocked an Alaskan fjord in 2025 was the second largest ever recorded and formed a standing wave that sloshed for a day.
Hantavirus LIVE: American passengers from cruise head to specialized facilities in Nebraska
The latest news and updates on the hantavirus cluster associated with the MV Hondius.
Lion’s head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboons
An ancient Egyptian board game piece was repurposed centuries later in Sudan into a dazzling gold-and-amethyst pendant.
New Perspective of Home
Seen during the Artemis II mission, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun.
‘More than 100 million years of evolution’: How snakes evolved and lost their legs
Huge snakes, tiny snakes, poisonous snakes and constrictor snakes, snakes that slither, burrow or swim: New fossils and modern technology are tracing serpent origins
More polar bears are approaching human sites as the climate warms, and it’s not just the skinny ones
It’s not just thinner bears that are coming ashore as the climate warms.